YEREVAN. – Armenian First Deputy Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan on Friday met with US Ambassador John Heffern, and members of an expert group, from the UN and the Kansas Army National Guard, which is conducting a workshop at the Ministry of Defense (MOD) of Armenia.

The interlocutors discussed Armenia’s participation in the UN peacekeeping missions, and the upcoming projects within the framework of the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI), the Armenia MOD press service informed.

GPOI is a US Government-funded security assistance program intended to enhance international capacity to effectively conduct United Nations and regional peace support operations. Armenia’s membership to this program was approved in 2013.